慈祥

Chinese

		compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane	auspicious; propitious
simp. and trad. (慈祥)		慈	祥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cíxiáng

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ coeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chîr-siông / chû-siông / chû-siâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cíxiáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíhsiáng
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-hsiang²
  - Yale: tsź-syáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrshyang
  - Palladius: цысян (cysjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ coeng⁴
  - Yale: chìh chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    慈祥
    磁場／磁场
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr-siông
  - Tâi-lô: tsîr-siông
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû-siông
  - Tâi-lô: tsû-siông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zusioong
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³⁻³³ siɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû-siâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsû-siâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zusiaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³⁻²² siaŋ¹³/

Adjective

慈祥

nice; kind

Usage notes

Usually used to describe old people.

Synonyms

仁和 (rénhé) (literary)
仁愛／仁爱 (rén'ài)
仁慈 (réncí)
友善 (yǒushàn)
可親／可亲 (kěqīn)
和善 (héshàn)
和氣／和气
和藹／和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
善良 (shànliáng)
好心 (hǎoxīn)
惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
惠愛／惠爱 (huì'ài) (literary)
慈愛／慈爱 (cí'ài)
祥和 (xiánghé)
腍善 (nam⁴ sin⁶) (Cantonese)
藹然／蔼然 (ǎirán) (literary)
隨和／随和

Antonyms

兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è)
猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)

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